two gazillion

and THAT is enough for today...

one gazillion...

 okay, that's enough for today...

meanwhile...

eight skeins

 nine skeins

not today...

is there time to add that next set of blocks?

yes...

do i want to try meeting a gazillion more points today?

nope...

toe warmers

two pairs of socks

 + 4 cups of long grain white rice (the cheapest brand - it's not for eating) 

÷ into one cup for each sock 

~ 10 minutes at the sewing machine on zigzag

× 1-2 minutes in the microwave = 

four toe warmers*

*also nice for warming hands or for achy backs or for knotted necks or for crampy baby boxes (not my term for a uterus, but i guess it works)

bits and pieces

 well ... i pressed and trimmed the embroidered blocks for Vintage Tin (aka Roadkill Road), rolled them onto an empty paper towel tube and packed them away with the fat quarter bundle of Inkwell fabric... 

that was ... lemmecheck ... six months ago...

yeah...

i began to have the distinct impression that SOMEONE ) who shall remain anonymous but her initials are MELISSA) was not going to piece the blocks for the rest of the quilt top - two 9 1/2" devil's claw blocks, two 6 1/2" crossroads blocks, eleven 3 1/2" friendship stars, seven 3 1/2" half square triangles and 78 (SEVENTY-EIGHT!!!) 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" flying geese...

seventy-freaking-eight!!!

so ... i came up with the BRILLIANT idea of cutting the pieces and working TOGETHER on the blocks on sundays,  after we made our 150 Canadian Women blocks for the week cuz the iron would already be hot...

yeah, long story short, the TOGETHER part didn't happen -  not even once...

sigh...

all the bits and pieces are built now and assembly has begun...

Marie-Anne Gaboury Lagimodière 🇨🇦

 

block twenty-three for 150 Canadian Women is called Spin Wheel and is dedicated to Marie-Anne Lagimodière

Melissa's block 23

dianne's block 23

twenty-three weeks done and 127 to go, give or take six

Kathleen Creighton Starr Rice 🇨🇦

block twenty-two for 150 Canadian Women is called Contrary Wife and is dedicated to Kathleen Creighton Starr Rice

Melissa's block 22

dianne's block 22

twenty-two weeks done and 128 to go, give or take six 

cold moon

ICE

when your little one hugs you and asks 

how was your day?

what will you say?

well, what WILL you say?

to your kids

to your loved ones

to your neighbors

to your own face in the mirror 

what will you say?

your mask won't hide what you've done - just sayin'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Amber Balcaen 🇨🇦

 block twenty-one for 150 Canadian Women is called Eccentric Star and is dedicated to Amber Balcaen

Melissa's block 21

dianne's block 21

twenty-one weeks done and 129 to go, give or take six 

rock on...

the R and the B are for my Nonna (Rosina) and my Grandma (Bessie) ... my ancestors were latecomers to the party 

today we are thankful for the small joys, secure in the knowledge that kindness is free and strong women rock and pumpkin pie is delicious ... happy Thanksgiving 

*****edited to add*****

signs of resistance

(the little picture is the USS Constitution)

nice hat ... gobble gobble 

Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds Seeyle 🇨🇦

 

block twenty for 150 Canadian Women is called Jack and Six and is dedicated to Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds Seelye

Melissa's block 20

dianne's block 20

twenty weeks done and 130 to go, give or take six 

so much pain

a public service announcement from Aaron Parnas

 

ENOUGH ALREADY

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman

Dr. Roberta Bondar 🇨🇦

 block nineteen for 150 Canadian Women is called Maple Leaf and is dedicated to Roberta Lynn Bondar

Melissa's block 19

dianne's block 19

nineteen weeks done and 131 to go, give or take six 

at 6:27am MST on 11/12/2025

this was happening right outside my bedroom window...

ain't that sumpin?

6 7

six

seven

if you know, you know ... if you don't know (i did not know) it can mean whatever you want it to mean ... at least until you duck duck go it - and then it makes no sense in this particular context

wise choice

it has come to this...

who can blame them? murder on the high seas isn't the trailer for a blockbuster movie anymore - it's the current regime's daily brag  - no interdiction, no rule of law, no adherence to international agreements - just death and destruction because a DUI hire is hellbent on displaying his "lethality" for a wannabe dictator

 silence is complicity*

just sayin'

also, release the Epstein files 

and why are you hiding them? 

*by the way, Mary No Reply,  the mug isn't a wish - i wouldn't waste a wish on the inevitable ... as Joni Ernst told her constituents, "We all are going to die."

no soup for you...

 

taking food from the mouths of 42,000,000 AMERICANS for ten days and counting

 39% of those hungry AMERICANS are children 

that's 16,380,000 AMERICAN CHILDREN 

almost 17 MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN aren't getting enough to eat

 11% of those AMERICAN CHILDREN are under the age of five

think that about that

 1,801,800 AMERICAN BABIES don't have food in their bellies 

is that pro-freaking life?

and he's doing it because he CAN

so...

are we great again?

 cuz i just feel shame...

Serves them right, those yuletide-loving, sickly-sweet, nog-sucking cheer mongers! 

The Grinch

release the Epstein files - we haven't forgotten

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

 

more signs

unbelievable that this even needs to be said...

 just sayin' 

by the way, we can walk and chew gum at the same time...

17.77778% less

 for the same price...

 shrinkflation at its cleanest 

just sayin'